Ok Guys, I haven't hunted the lake yet, so when should I maybe start seeing ducks starting to come through?Any general advice?I don't have a HUGE diver spread, 18 new BB's, 12 new goldeneye's, about 12 or so black ducks and around 3 or 4 doz mallards.

You need ice. Ice up north, ice inland. Back in the day, that often happened around deer season, but it has been later in the season more recently. I know that's not solid proof for global warming, but it sure is an eery coincidence. Good luck.

I hunted the Slang last Saturday and about 90% of the ducks lifted off before shooting time and there were literally hundreds of them. We hunted until 10am and the action was slow. The ducks are onto us

my best days hunting on the lake start mid nov. dec has been the best time for mallards and blacks. the last week last year we limited out the last 7 days in a row with mallards. as of goldeneyes we hit them hard up in the islands when everything was frozen and it was negitive with wind chill. the last couple of weeks ive been killing alot of ducks in corn thats been flooded and cant be cut. its a first.

I hammer the ducks in the flooded corn fields every year,that is my favorite place to find them,I shoot more ducks over corn fields than I have ever shot over the lake,Mallards woodies,teal,blacks,all over corn fields and flooded green fields! Going there in the morning,shoot some ducks and geese! Lake is good for Nov-Dec,and that is mostly blacks,mallards and divers! But until the smaller bodies of water freeze up,you are not going to find the big flocks of birds,did see some bluebills on the lake Monday!

Well i don't know of any place to hunt in corn fields so we stick with the lake most of the time and we get our share of shooting!! Shot this beautiful Mallard Drake yesterday and its in the freezer until i can afford a taxidermist maybe like around Christmas time.. Any ideas where to go? Anyways yea lake has enough birds to keep me happy

i use williams taxidermy milton. getting my fullbody turkey done with him. cheapest person in champlain valley i could find other than matt martin. the only thing with williams is hes really booked so it takes a while to get birds done. went in there may 9th and he already had 12 fullbody mounts to do. but i heard matt martin was good too i just didnt want to drive 2 hours.

Green Mountain Taxidermy is who did the birds up above that I posted,he has done better ones, but I seem to have lost the files,think they were the files on my old computer that were not salvagable after the fire!Here are accouple of other ones he has done!

Larry remember scouting that back water before the season,well I believe I had my pup Lacey with me that day,well she went out on the thursdays after the opener with Rick and I,we went up into East Creek and set up in there,and this is her work! Not bad for ten months old! I was pretty proud of her that day!